Landside-protector for plows.



J. P. GILLES.

LANDSIDE PROTECTOR FOR FLOWS. APV IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 4, l1914.

1,1 14,687. Patented 001;. 20, 1914.

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JOHN P. GILLES, or ASHLAND, OKLAHOMA, AssIGNoR 'por oNEL'rnnrrH To HARRY G.

nowLnY, or STUART, OKLAHOMA. Y' y LANDSIDE-PRO'IElC'lQl' FOR FLOWS.

To all whom t may concern Be it ,known that l, Jol-IN P. GrLLEs, a citizenv of the United States, residing at Ashkland, in the county of Pittsburg and Statev Ators for Flows, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a land side protector for plows, and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character which can be used in connection with either a breaking plow or a lister plow, and which embodies novel features of construction whereby it can be adjusted so as to raise the heel end of the land side as the plow point becomes worn.

A further objectl of the inventionv is to provide a land side protector which is simple and inexpensive in its construction, which can be used interchangeably upon a number of plows, which can be quickly placed in position or removed therefrom, and which serves both to protect the land side against wear and to elevate the heel end of the land side as the plow point becomes worn.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed 4out in the appended claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description'and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a plow provided with a land side protector constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 9. s an enlarged longitudinal sectional view through the land side protector, showing the heel end of the land side in position therein, o-ne position being indicated by full lines, while the other positions are indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the land side protector, showing it detached from the plow.

Corresponding and likev parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the reference specification of Letters patent. Patented 0G45.' 20, 1914k AppncationnieaAprnm,1914. serialno. 831,773. f

characterA designatesa conventional form of breaking plow which includes a land sidey l, a share 2, and a point 3. "The land 'side protector l is in the form of a shoe ywhich is adapted to beiitted detachably to the lower edge of the land side at the heel end thereof.y The shoe is formed with a -longitudinally disposed kslot 5 which opens through the top and forward end thereof and is adaptedto receive the land side of the plow, as indicated by Figs. 1 and 2.

The bottom of the shoe 4 may have the forward end thereof beveled upwardly as indicated at 6 so as to minimize the resistance of the attachment to the forward passagek of the plow through the soil, and in a similar manner the top of the shoe may be inclined downwardly at the forwardend thereof, as indicated at 7.k A series of steps 8 are arranged at the rear end of the slot 5, and the heel of the land side may either rest squarely upon the-bottom of the slotf into engagement with theland side, as inf dicated by Fig. 3.

y Underl normal conditions and with a sharp f i plow point- 3, the shoe ywould be applied to` the land side l with the lower edge ofthe latter resting squarely upon ythe bottom ofv i,

the slot 5, as indicated by Fig. l. When the plow 'point became slightly worn, however, the heel end of the land side would be positioned upon the first step 8, thereby slightly elevating the rear end of the land side and correspondingly depressing the point so as to compensate forthe worn condition of the latter.' When the point 3 bei 1 came worn to agreater extent, the position' of the attachment would be again shifted so that the heel end of the land side would rest upon the second step 8. This would result ina still further elevation of the land j l i side at the rear end of the plow and a corv wear, but also admits of the heel end of the land side, a series of seats being provided Y land side being raised step by step so as to correspondingly depress the plo7 point and f compensate for Wear upon the latter.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Leti ters Patent, is y A land side protector for plows includ- Y Within the slot for enabling the land side to be fitted within the Vslot in a number of positions, and .means for clamping the shoe in position upon the land side. i5 In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of tWo- Witnesses.

JOHN P. GILLES.

Witnesses E. E. DAvis,` Y W. C. GILMORE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each; by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C. 

